任乐柏 Rén Lèbǎi
- 任 rén Family name
- 乐 lè happy
- 柏 bǎi cypress
任 is a common family name; 乐 and 柏 echo lǔ běn, how Chinese begins Ruben (鲁本).

鲁本 Lǔběn
我叫鲁本。 Wǒ jiào Lǔběn. My name is Ruben.
Ruben en chino se escribe 鲁本 (Lǔběn).
Reuben is written 鲁本 too.
任乐柏 Rén Lèbǎi
任 is a common family name; 乐 and 柏 echo lǔ běn, how Chinese begins Ruben (鲁本).
石力宝 Shí Lìbǎo
石 is a common family name; 力 and 宝 echo lǔ běn, how Chinese begins Ruben (鲁本).
孔朗本 Kǒng Lǎngběn
孔 is a common family name; 朗 and 本 echo lǔ běn, how Chinese begins Ruben (鲁本).
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Ruben is 鲁本 (Lǔběn) in Chinese. To say “My name is Ruben”, say 我叫鲁本 (Wǒ jiào Lǔběn).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 鲁本 for how it sounds, Lǔběn, close to Ruben. On its own, 鲁 means stupid and 本 root.
Ruben is written 鲁本, 2 characters: 鲁 (12 strokes), 本 (5 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it.
By sound, with characters picked for how they are said: Michael is 迈克尔 (Màikè’ěr). Newspapers, subtitles and books use one usual form for each common name.
A name made the Chinese way: a one-character family name first, then one or two characters picked for their meaning. Many learners use one in class.
It’s a starting point. Ask a Chinese speaker or teacher before you put it on anything that lasts, like a tattoo or a document.
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.